Nov. 21, 2022 By Christian Murray It didn’t come easy. After lengthy negotiations, the developers of the massive Innovation QNS project have been given the blessing of Councilmember Julie Won to go ahead with their massive 5-block, $2 billion project slated for Astoria. Won said that she has struck an agreement with the developers who… Read more »
Nov. 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Queens Post has obtained dramatic video footage of a vehicle engulfed in flames and then exploding in Long Island City Sunday. The footage, captured at around 8:15 p.m., shows an unoccupied vehicle on fire stopped on the westbound ramp that leads to the Queensboro Bridge in Court Square…. Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 21, 2022 By Greg B. Smith, Rachel Holliday Smith, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Suhail Bhat After a fast-moving fire in a luxury Manhattan tower called Rivercourt injured dozens of tenants and triggered a daring high-rise rescue, fire officials made clear that the cause was an increasingly common… Read more »
Nov. 21, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A 25-year-old Flushing man is dead after losing control of his 2022 BMW Sunday night and crashing it at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and 37th Avenue. Tao Wu, of 158th Street in Flushing, was driving his vehicle westbound on 37th Avenue at around 9:50 p.m. when he struck… Read more »
Nov. 21 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was arrested in Virginia Saturday, about 24 hours after he allegedly stabbed three women to death inside a house in Springfield Gardens. Jabari Burrell, 22, was nabbed by police on the side of the road on Interstate 95 in Prince George County, Virg., after the minivan he… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Three women were found stabbed to death inside a home in Springfield Gardens Friday morning. The victims, aged 26, 46 and 57, were discovered dead at around 10:40 a.m. inside a two-story house at 146-39 182nd St., according to police. A home help aide came across the grisly sight,… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A large fire tore through a mixed-use building in Elmhurst early Friday – leaving two firefighters with serious injuries. The FDNY responded to a blaze just after 4 a.m. at a two-story building, located at 83-12 Broadway, fire officials said. The building consists of two commercial spaces on the… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A well-known Brazilian restaurant is opening in Elmhurst next week, across from the Queens Center Mall. Fogo de Chão, which currently has 68 locations globally, is opening its Queens restaurant on Friday Nov. 25—its second in New York City. Its other New York City restaurant is in midtown Manhattan…. Read more »
Nov. 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for an armed man who burst into a 22-year-old woman’s home in Jamaica last month – and made off with a laptop. The suspect – along with another man who has been apprehended by police — broke into the two-story residence on 102nd Rd. on Oct…. Read more »
Nov. 18, 2022 By Christian Murray A 70-year-old man died Thursday three days after he was struck by a vehicle on Northern Boulevard, police said. Genci Frasheri, a Whitestone resident, was hit by a motorist at around 2:54 p.m. on Monday while crossing 158th Street at Northern Boulevard. Police say Frasheri was struck by a… Read more »